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prey, that he does not swallow only because prevented 

 from doing so by a collar. To those who have never 

 watched a wild Cormorant at work on its own account 

 this style of fishing may be amusing enough, but I 

 confess that it never had any attraction for me, and I 

 infinitely prefer a rat-hunt conducted upon fair 

 sporting principles ; I believe, however, that to see the 

 perfection of fisliing with Cormorants for human ad- 

 vantage, it is necessary to visit China and Japan. I 

 have met with the Cormorant, roughly speaking, wherever 

 fishes are to be caught by diving in salt or fresh water, 

 with immunity from human persecution, but this species 

 is far less common in the Mediterranean than the Shag 

 above mentioned. 



